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What Are Your Favorite Books? (Any Genre)
These 3 are books I try to reread once a year. Fun and inspiring...
Absolute Beginners, by Colin Macinnes- Spoilers! (Mod, Jazz) Late 50s modern-jazz fan (predecessor of the Mods) struggles to keep his optimism and love of London during the Notting Hill race riots. The movie is fun cheeze, but not as good.
Slam, by Lewis Shiner- Dave get out of prison (tax evasion), starts hanging out w/ punks, ufo nuts, treasure hunters, and half the city of Surfside, all trying to get the house he lives in. Really funny!Read it online!
Doorways in the Sand, by Roger Zelazny- Fred Cassady is an undergrad, and has been for the past 12 years. As long as he stays in college he receives a stipend. But certain people want him to graduate. And there are aliens and thugs looking for his connection to the mysterious star-stone... Technically sci-fi, but it reads mainly like fiction/comedy. Read it online!
Years later, it hit me: the main thread throughout these books is that you should live your life as you want to, not as the world would have you live.
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Permalink Reply by sleazy on -
I dig reading a lot, so I try to read as much as possible........I'm reading this one now:)
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Permalink Reply by dave on -
Cool, is that a history of Hammer films?
sleazy said:I dig reading a lot, so I try to read as much as possible........I'm reading this one now:)
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Yes, it's the latest on Hammer flix :)
dave said:Cool, is that a history of Hammer films?
sleazy said:I dig reading a lot, so I try to read as much as possible........I'm reading this one now:)
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Permalink Reply by Pim Scheelings on -
just got this book in the mail. It's about Puch mopeds and beat youth culture
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Permalink Reply by sleazy on
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Everyone should be intoi Icke's books what with 2012 coming around trhe bend, hehehhehehehhe :):)
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Permalink Reply by Funhouse Skull on -
Like bands favorite books tend to change as the years go by, but here are a few enduring selections:
The Ginger Man - J.P. DONLEAVEY
Voice Of The Fire - ALAN MOORE
Blood Meridian - CORMAC McCARTHY
Suttree - CORMAC McCARTHY
The Neon Wilderness - NELSON ALGREN
A Confederation Of Dunces - JOHN KENNEDY TOOLE
Catch 22 - JOSEPH HELLER
Starship Troopers - ROBERT HEINLIEN
Logan's Run - WILLIAM F. NOLAN & GEORGE CLAYTON JOHNSON
Everything That Rises Must Converge - FLANNERY O'CONNOR
A Clockwork Orange - ANTHONY BURGESS
Slaughterhouse 5 - KURT VONNEGUT
The Hippopotamus - STEPHEN FRY
London Fields - MARTIN AMIS
Angela's Ashes - FRANK McCOURT
Einstein's Monsters - MARTIN AMIS
The Onion Eaters - J.P. DONLEAVEY
I could probably go on indefinitely, but let me just point out that for me the subject matter is secondary to the author's ability to use language to convey a story. OH! I just thought of a couple more:
With The Old Breed - E.B. SLEDGE
The Naked & The Dead - NORMAN MAILER
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Permalink Reply by Pikini Death Ray on -
Here are a few of my favourites (not really music related)
The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
Tales of Ordinary Madness - Charles Bukowski
Pimp - Iceberg Slim
Mama Black Widow - Iceberg Slim
Dopefiend - Donald Goines
Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh
On the Road - Jack Kerouac
If anybody has any suggestions for new reading material that would be great. Cheers.
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Permalink Reply by Last Night on -
The HitchIker's guide to galaxy by Douglas Adams , my all time favorite !!
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Permalink Reply by Funhouse Skull on
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I just finished an AMAZING book called "I, Lucifer" by Glen Duncan the premise of which is Lucifer is given an opportunity to rejoin the angelic host by living out life as a mortal. Naturally he pursues a lifestyle of epic debauchery...
Pikini Death Ray said:Here are a few of my favourites (not really music related)
The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
Tales of Ordinary Madness - Charles Bukowski
Pimp - Iceberg Slim
Mama Black Widow - Iceberg Slim
Dopefiend - Donald Goines
Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh
On the Road - Jack Kerouac
If anybody has any suggestions for new reading material that would be great. Cheers.
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Permalink Reply by Pikini Death Ray on
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Just read some reviews of I Lucifer online. Most people said it was an amazing read, some people whined that it was too whiny and overly laden with adjectives. I'm gonna give it a try. Thanks.
Funhouse Skull said:I just finished an AMAZING book called "I, Lucifer" by Glen Duncan the premise of which is Lucifer is given an opportunity to rejoin the angelic host by living out life as a mortal. Naturally he pursues a lifestyle of epic debauchery...
Pikini Death Ray said:Here are a few of my favourites (not really music related)
The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
Tales of Ordinary Madness - Charles Bukowski
Pimp - Iceberg Slim
Mama Black Widow - Iceberg Slim
Dopefiend - Donald Goines
Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh
On the Road - Jack Kerouac
If anybody has any suggestions for new reading material that would be great. Cheers.
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